Our fly boxes are full of patterns--both famous and obscure--and each has a history. Someone, somewhere came up with the idea for the fly and then sat down and tied. Michigan fly-fishing legend Ray Schmidt has started a cool video series on classic . . .
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Written by: Peter Nardini, American Museum of Fly Fishing In honor of All Hallow’s Eve, we have come up with a few historic fly patterns from our collection with some spooky monikers. . . .
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Written by: Peter Nardini, American Museum of Fly Fishing One for the Salt: Harold Gibbs Striper Bucktail Harold Gibbs is considered the father of modern striper fishing in the Northeast. Originated in the 1940s, the Gibbs Bucktail (above) was one of the first attempts at suggesting a specific forage. . .
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The American Museum of Fly Fishing is located right next to the Orvis Flagship store in Manchester, Vermont. The folks from the museum will be sharing. . .
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Written by: Peter Nardini, American Museum of Fly Fishing In honor of Presidents Day, we are featuring some of our most important fly-fishing Presidents. Because the Presidents took longer time off, sometimes up to three months, the opportunity. . .
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For a few years now, we’ve been given teasers, trailers, and peeks at the upcoming documentary about the fly-fishing icon Joe Brooks, but here’s the first extended footage, which I think you’ll . . .
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In the photo above, you can see Lefty Kreh's very first fly reel, purchased in 1947, the year Lefty discovered fly fishing while guiding legendary angler Joe Brooks. Here's the story as he told it in. . .
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Way back in 2014, we posted the teaser for an upcoming documentary about the legendary angler and writer Joe Brooks, featuring parts of his story that have never been told. Finally, here's a . . .
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